Ok I have a new idea. What if I used like a 555 timer right?
Then I have 3 LED's, between each LED is a fairly large capacitor. The capicter would take maybe like .5 second to fill and then light the LED. If I placed these in between they I could get the pause effect just not the on/ off effect which is ok.

Ok I have a new idea. What if I used like a 555 timer right?
Then I have 3 LED's, between each LED is a fairly large capacitor. The capicter would take maybe like .5 second to fill and then light the LED. If I placed these in between they I could get the pause effect just not the on/ off effect which is ok.

Would this work?

Yes you could do this with a 555 timer but it would not be as flexible as using a microcontroller, you would also need more parts if you used a 555.

Do you just need one of these or lots? If you need one custom made please PM me and we could work something out.

I really don't need it to be flexible. Just simple.
Could you give me an idea on parts I might need?

I am not a 555 timer expert. I have used them is lots of circuits years ago but these days microcontrollers have made them redundant in most cases.
Have a look here for 555 timer details that should get you going.
http://www.williamson-labs.com/480_555.htm

The simplest way to set it up I think would be to set up 3 timers and have the first trigger the second and so on.

So 3 timers would be better than just 1 timer with several capacitors?

How would you be able to get three signals out of one timer? There might be a way that I can't see. If you can do it with just one that would be much better. Even as far as parts count goes you would be far ahead.

If using 3v battery the regulator can be bypassed. This is a picture of the auction item with no regulator and built in button switch. The LED's are 1206 size. I only had white color to demonstrate. As you see only 3 LEDs are used so 3 patterns are made for those 3 LEDs for what you need.